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Job Crystal vs TheHireHub.AI

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Job Crystal

Quote-based

Job Crystal is a recruitment technology company from South Africa, with a UK office, that sells pay-per-job AI sourcing to SMEs, agencies and corporates. Crystal AI turns a job description into a batch of matched active and passive candidates, and the same account offers background checks, an AI CV typist, salary benchmarking and an agency service. There is no subscription; Crystal AI is priced per job and quoted, and the agency service costs 15% to 20% of annual salary.

Where Job Crystal fits

  • South African SMEs that want AI sourcing without a subscription
  • Businesses that also need background checks from the same supplier
  • Agencies that want CVs retyped into their own template
  • Employers who may hand some roles to a full agency service

TheHireHub.AI

$199/job slot 7 day free trial

AI recruiting platform built around AiRA, an agent that writes the job description, sources passive candidates from 40+ sources, screens and ranks them, and books interviews. You buy job slots instead of a subscription: one slot with 1,000 AiRA credits and three months of use is $199, and bundles of 5, 15 or 50 slots for 12 months are priced by sales. A 7-day free trial needs no card.

Where TheHireHub.AI fits

  • Mid-market and growth-stage teams hiring a handful to 50 roles a year
  • Recruiters filling senior or confidential roles who want passive candidates surfaced
  • Teams that prefer a one-off purchase to a monthly subscription

At a glance

DetailJob CrystalTheHireHub.AI
Starting priceQuote-based$199/job slot
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underAI sourcing, Reference checks, SourcingSourcing, ATS, AI screening, AI sourcing

Where they pull apart

Job Crystal

Stands out: You can mix self-serve AI sourcing with a done-for-you agency at 15% of salary with exclusivity, and add background checks with fingerprint-based criminal checks from the same supplier. Crystal searches a 67 million+ candidate database plus 42 outside databases from one job description.

Watch out: The product and its published prices are built for South Africa: background checks are priced in rand, many checks are South African (ITC credit, SA fraud, matric), and the UK pricing page shows the same rand list. The per-job Crystal AI price is not shown as a fixed number, and the site makes broad claims such as 99% accuracy that are not independently backed.

Not the right fit for

  • US teams, given rand pricing and South African data checks
  • Buyers who want a published per-seat or per-job price

TheHireHub.AI

Stands out: Nothing auto-renews. Slots and credits are bought once, top-up credits never expire, and your data stays exportable for 24 months after a plan ends, which suits teams that hire in bursts rather than all year. The founder ran an executive search firm for two decades, and the separate passive and confidential hiring modes reflect that background.

Watch out: Only the single Launch slot has a public price; Starter, Growth and Scale go through sales. ATS integration and AI interviews are paid add-ons on every tier, invoicing is built around India (GST invoices), and there are no outside reviews yet.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that need ATS integration included in the price
  • Buyers who want every plan price published before talking to sales

Pros and cons

Job Crystal

  • Pay per job with no subscription
  • Sourcing, background checks and CV formatting from one supplier
  • Option to hand a role to the in-house agency team
  • Per-job AI price not published
  • Pricing and checks built for South Africa
  • No integrations or API listed

TheHireHub.AI

  • No subscription: slots and credits are bought once and nothing auto-renews
  • Passive, active and confidential search modes in one platform
  • 7-day free trial with one active job and no card
  • Only the $199 single-slot plan has a published price
  • ATS integration and AI interviews cost extra on every plan
  • No outside reviews yet

What each one costs

Job Crystal

Quote-based

Crystal AI is sold per job, with each job active for 30 days and no lock-in subscription. The per-job price comes from a calculator on the pricing page and a demo, and is not published as a fixed figure. Background checks are priced per check in South African rand including VAT, from R19 for ID verification to R615 for the full package of credit, criminal, PPA and reference checks; no USD or GBP prices are published. The CV Typist is set up through a demo. The recruitment agency service costs 15% of the candidate's annual salary with exclusivity, or 20% without. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 15 Oct 2026

TheHireHub.AI

$199/job slot

TheHireHub sells job slots and AiRA credits once, with no subscription and no auto-renewal. Launch is $199 per job slot (excluding tax) with 1,000 AiRA credits and three months of use; the vendor says a typical job uses 700 to 800 credits. Starter (5 slots, 5,000 credits), Growth (15 slots, 15,000 credits) and Scale (50 slots, 50,000 credits) run for 12 months and are priced by sales, with passive headhunting and multi-platform posting included. Enterprise is custom. Top-up credits never expire, ATS integration and AI interviews are add-ons, and data stays exportable for 24 months after a plan ends. A 7-day free trial with one active job needs no card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Common questions

Can you try Job Crystal or TheHireHub.AI for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. TheHireHub.AI offers a 7 day free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?